Philostratus's Heroikos
Subtitle: religion and cultural identity in the third century C.E.
By: edited by Jennifer K. Berenson Maclean and Ellen Bradshaw Aitken.
Contributors: Maclean, Jennifer K. Berenson, 1963-; Aitken, Ellen Bradshaw, 1961-
Series: Writings from the Greco-Roman world ;; v. 6; Writings from the Greco-Roman world (Brill Academic Publishers) ;; v. 6.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
Subjects: Philostratus, the Athenian, 2nd/3rd cent.; Dialogues, Greek -- History and criticism.; Civilization, Greco-Roman, in literature.; Trojan War -- Literature and the war.; Christianity and literature -- Rome.; Religion and literature -- Rome.; Protesilaus (Greek mythology); Religion in literature.; Heroes in literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-368) and indexes.
Most of the essays in this volume were first presented at a conference held in May 2001 at Harvard Divinity School, "Philostratus's Heroikos, Religion and Cultural Identity."